Rick_McCormack@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (03/31/91)
Kevin Hill, <kevin@crash.cts.com> writes: Kevin: > My imagewriter is flashing at me.. Short - Long - Short. Kevin: > Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it.. I Kevin: > have checked the paper the ribbin, replaced both and Kevin: > nothing.. the printer does not initialize, i.e. it does not Kevin: > move the print head upon power up. From the Imagewriter II book: Error Light Blinking Irregularly - Check the DIP SWITCH SW2-4; located towared the front-left corner of the printer, possibly under the ribbon deck. If the IW II has NOT got either the memory expansion card or the Appletalk option, the switch should be set to open, else set to closed. Luck -- _________________________________________________________ | IMAGISTICS Business Theatre Technology | Rick McCormack | | Interactive Effective Compelling | Vancouver, BC | |________________________________________|________________| | UseNet: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.uucp | A O-L: Rique | |_________________________________________________________| .
kevin@crash.cts.com (Kevin Hill) (04/01/91)
My imagewriter is flashing at me.. Short - Long - Short. Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it.. I have checked the paper the ribbin, replaced both and nothing.. the printer does not initialize, i.e. it does not move the print head upon power up. PLEAZE HELP, as I am a college student and I need this printer up and working so I can print out reports and other documents.. Thank you Kevin Hill
mfader@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Fader) (04/03/91)
In article <8321@crash.cts.com> kevin@crash.cts.com (Kevin Hill) writes: > > My imagewriter is flashing at me.. Short - Long - Short. Can anyone >tell me what this means and how to fix it.. I have checked the paper >the ribbin, replaced both and nothing.. the printer does not initialize, i.e. >it does not move the print head upon power up. > PLEAZE HELP, as I am a college student and I need this printer up and working >so I can print out reports and other documents.. Thank you > Kevin Hill If I worked for MacUser, I'd probably say something dumb like "You must be using a bootleg copy of the ImageWriter since you apparently don't have the IWII Owner's Manual." Paraphrased from said manual: Error light on continuously: printer out of paper. Error light blinking, 2 causes: 1. front cover may be loose or off 2. paper or print mechanism jam Error lightblinks irregularly: check DIP switch SW2-4 It sounds like you have error #3. At this point I think it best that I refer you to the diagrams and instructions in Appendix A (or wherever it appears in other versions of the manual), just in case there are minor variations from the IWII of 3 years ago; besides, a diagram makes things much clearer.